The Hope pioneer., 1887-08-19

nate change of wind saved the business
part OF the town. The horses were all
saved Loss, 5000. No insurance.
Apassenger train on the Georgia R. R
ran off bridge near Albany, Ga, Friday
night: 13 passengers were injured, but
none killed.
Nine buildings caught fire from burning
swamps, at rSandusky, Sanilac county,
Mich, on the 9th, and burned, including the
courthouse, hotels, stores, etc.
Hargadine, McKittrick & Co.'S, dry goods
house at st. Louis burned on the 18th; loss
$3.50, 900 insurance $3.50. 900. Seven men were
buried under debris of falling walls.
The shoe factory at Wolfboro, N. H.
burned on the 10th, together with nine
dwellings. The factory was the largest in
the state and had 500 employees. Loss $685.
600, insurance light.
On the 9th, a a collision occurred at
Chattanooga between switch engine and
passenger train of the East Tennessee
Rail way. James Burgess, the passenger
engineer, and William Bradon, his fireman
were fatally injured while attempting to
leap from the train.
At Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 9th fire
caused losses of $4,000 to G. M Shott, hard
ware; $4,000 to Remington & johnson,
grocers and 1000 to various small con-
Germs. Insurance ample.
Dyersburg, KY, a small village on the
Cumberland river, suffered the loss of
eleven buildings by fire on the 11th, in the
principal part of the town, chiefly stores.
Loss forty to fifty thousand dollars.
The peanut warehouse of Bishop & Spear
and Kire's grocery, adjoining, burned on
the 10th, at st. Louis, Mo. Three firemen
were killed and two probably, fatally in
iured by falling walls. The loss exceeds
$4,000.
Three lumber docks, with over 100000
feet of lumber were burned, and five other
small fires, all incendiary, were started on
the 9th and 9th at Muskegon, Mich, the
total loss reaching 1000, with partial in
surance.
At Montreal, Quebec, on the 9th, the
Montreal Ware housing Company's build
ing was damaged by fire to the extent of
$4,000. One hundred and twenty five,
thousand bushels of grain were also de-
stroyed, the loss on which is $6O,00O; in
sured.
At Concord, N. H., large warehouse
building took fra Tuesday evening. On
the third floor eight members of a band
were piacticing, and the stairway being on
fire they jumped to the ground, 80 feet and
seven OF them sustained very serious
injuries.
By the overturning of working skip at
the Cleveland mine, at Ishpeming Mich,
Thursday, Edwin Cox and two other men,
names unknown, were killed. They fell
200 feet, to the bottom of the shaft. Three
others were injured two OF them probably
fatally.
A bridge on the Indianapolis Il Evans
vile R. R., near Sabine City, gave way Fri
day forenoon throwing a train down
gully Is feet. Six of the passengers in the
car had quite serious injuries, one of which
one over culvert, and worn out.
A fire supposed to be of incendiary origin
destroyed square at Pittsburg, Pa, Fri
day evening" bounded by 5th, Wood, Smith,
field streets and Virginia alley, the loss ex-
ceeding S1,0OO,0)O Upon this ground, about
more prominent buildings, including Ma
sonic hall, the Dispatch building, wholesale
and retail stores, etc. The insurance is
thought to be two-thirds of the loss
The Giant Powder works, miles from
San Francisco, California, exploded at 2 p.
m. Thursday. The force of the explosion
was such that windows along the battery
front in San Francisco were smashed and
buildings throughout the entire business
portion of the city quivered to an extent
that it was believed the city had sustained
heavy earthquake shock. There were four
shocks. Four men were killed and six
wounded.
At Albany, N. Y. John J. Reilly, aged %.
foreman in the scratch shop of Rathbun,
Sard Il Co.'S stove foundry, disappeared
Saturday morning. His body was found in
an oven for baking ladies': twas presumed
sleep. Fire was started Saturday and tho
door of the oven was then locked. His
presence not being noticed, he was baked
for about 40 hours.
Fires on the l4th destroyed the Louisville,
Ky, Spoke factory, loss $4,000; three
stores at Washington, D. c., loss S25,OOO; !;
lumber yards at East Boston, Mass, loss
$4,000; the Greenwood school house at
Hyde Hark, Boston, Mass, loss S32, ,OOO;
Augusta, Ga, Lumbard's foundry, loss $l5,-
600; at Pittsburg, Pa, by the upsettlng of a
awaiting burial, the coffin took fire and
burned to ashes and the remains were re-
duced to cinders.
The yacht Dawn, hailing from Hammond,
Ind, was found capsized Sunday evening
off Hyde Park, suburb of Chicago. En-
tangled in the sails was the ifeiess body of
a man. The yacht and the body were both
brought ashore, and communication with
Hammond established the fact that the
dead man was Frank Evans, of the place
named. He, with Frank Brayam, whose
futher owned the yacht, and Thomas Col
Inns, had gone for sail that afternoon
Bryan and Collins are without doubt dead,
but their bodies have not yet been recov-
cred.